Agreed Todd -- the venue in LA is basically a children's museum with the shuttle attached. The good part though is the museum is free with the shuttle ticket only $2, so a lot of people will be able to see it.

Also, much of the assembly of the shuttle took place in CA so it makes sense they would get one.

Are you allowed to go inside of it at all? At the Reagan Library they have his Airforce 1 plane suspended above the crowd like that but you're also allowed to walk through it, its pretty cool. I'd imagine the space shuttle would be 10 x's cooler.